Word.ws English Dictionary

jail meaning in Tamil

சிறைச்சாலை

/d͡ʒeɪl/

jail in Tamil: சிறைச்சாலை. In English, jail means a place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

Tamil words for jail

சிறைச்சாலை

English meaning of jail

  1. noun A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
  2. noun Confinement in a jail.
  3. noun The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
  4. noun In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.

Full definition of jail

jail in a sentence

  • He was sent to jail for theft.
  • She visited her brother in jail.

Synonyms of jail

All synonyms of jail

jail in other languages

Questions about jail in Tamil

What is the meaning of jail in Tamil?
Jail in Tamil is சிறைச்சாலை.
jail என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Jail: சிறைச்சாலை.
What does jail mean in English?
Jail means a place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

Source and license

Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: jail (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: jail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gaol.wav, En-us-jail.ogg.

Cite this page: “jail meaning in Tamil.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tamil/jail. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.